>>>>> Matt Adams writes:

 > Hey all,
 >     Perhaps this is slightly off topic, and if so, my apologies.  I've run into
 >     a bit of a problem trying to compile gcc v2.8.1

 >     I'm currently using v2.7.2.3  After I dl'ed 2.8.1 I ran the configure
 >     for my host with the options:

 >     --prefix=/usr
 >     --build=i586-linux-gnu
 >     --with-gnu-ld
 >     --with-gnu-as
 >     --with-elf
 >     --enable-c-cpplib
 >     --enable-threads=posix

Are you using libc5?  In that case, you've give the wrong build
system. i586-linux-gnu means build for glibc2.  Just remove the
--build option and let config.guess find out the name of your system
(it will report something like i586-linux-gnulibc1).

Andreas
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